I’m sure we have all been there. I just finished up a pretty big project for a client’s website using WordPress, and after all testing was completed the site went live. A few days later there were reports of messages from the website not reaching Microsoft Hotmail inboxes. I tried to replicate the issue with…

Feature toggles in systems which are heavily user-interface orientated can be a challenge. So far, I haven’t found a way to use them effectively without clogging up my code with if statements. But, if you build an Angular app and follow a router-based architecture, then you can make good use of an unconventional feature bundled…

The environment.ts files provided by the Angular CLI starter are used at compile-time. This post shows how to define custom environment variables when are determined at run-time without having to re-compile your application.

Following a hugely successful Kickstarter campaign in March 2017 where the funding goal was reached in just 15 hours, stretch goals were exceeded, and more than $460,000 was raised, Audeara has announced the availability of the world’s first full fidelity headphones with an in-built hearing test. The Audeara headphones not only protect users’ ears but…

This post will explore how to disable a form <input> based on the input value of another form field in an Angular application. This is particularly useful if you are using Angular’s Reactive Forms to handle user input, validation and model building before submitting to an endpoint. If you have used Reaactive Forms previously, you…

Using async/await has given me the ability to cleanup my code a lot, by saving indentation levels (the infamous JavaScript callback hell), but also giving me the ability to control the flow of my application without having to resort to yet another indentation level. During my work as an independent web developer, I find myself…

As you probably know it is possible to record video footage directly from your screen and it is commonly known as a screencast or screen recording. In fact you’ve probably seen footage recorded in this fashion in the past – in how-to guides in particular. However what you may not realize is that screen recording…

No. Seriously, do not entertain the idea of purchasing any machine with only 32GB of storage space – especially if it has a desktop operating system. In the days of Windows 7, Microsoft’s operating system required up to 30GB of hard-drive space to operate. The release of Windows 8 and Windows 8.1 did not optimise…

In this post I will walk through, step-by-step, how to use Google Firebase to authenticate users in an Ionic 3 application. The scope of this tutorial is to only cover basic email and password authentication, but using this method you will be able to integrate additional authentication providers such as Facebook, Twitter, GitHub and Google….

This is a step-by-step guide on how to install and integrate @ionic-native/call-number in to your Ionic 2+ application. This plugin will allow you to enable the user to launch the Phone/Call/Dialer app from their smart phone and initiate a phone call. On iOS, this is what the prompt will look like: You can read more…

Currently, most popular and reputable cryptocurrency exchanges outside of East Asia do not accept Fiat currency to purchase Ripple XRP. That’s most likely because they are cryptocurrency exchanges, and the license required to deal with legal tender in most states is heavily regulated and difficult to obtain. Asa result, only select exchanges such as Coinbase…